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Modern India & National Movement — solved practice questions

8 WBCS Indian History questions with step-by-step solutions. Attempt each, then reveal the answer.

1. Q1easy

   The Battle of Plassey, which laid the foundation of British political power in Bengal, was fought in which year?

   • A1757
   • B1764
   • C1765
   • D1772
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   Correct answer: (A) 1757

   The Battle of Plassey was fought in 1757, where Robert Clive of the East India Company defeated Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah of Bengal.

2. Q2easy

   Who presided over the first session of the Indian National Congress, held in 1885?

   • AWomesh Chandra Bonnerjee
   • BDadabhai Naoroji
   • CSurendranath Banerjee
   • DAllan Octavian Hume
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   Correct answer: (A) Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee

   Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee, a Bengali barrister, was the first President of the Indian National Congress at its inaugural session in Bombay in 1885.

3. Q3easy

   The Dandi March led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930 was launched to protest against which British measure?

   • AThe tax and monopoly on salt
   • BThe partition of Bengal
   • CThe Rowlatt Act
   • DThe tax on indigo cultivation
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   Correct answer: (A) The tax and monopoly on salt

   The Dandi March (Salt Satyagraha) of 1930 defied the salt law and the government monopoly on salt, marking the start of the Civil Disobedience Movement.

4. Q4easy

   Which slogan did Mahatma Gandhi give to the people at the launch of the Quit India Movement in 1942?

   • ADo or Die
   • BInquilab Zindabad
   • CSwaraj is my birthright
   • DVande Mataram
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   Correct answer: (A) Do or Die

   At the Quit India Movement in August 1942, Gandhi gave the call 'Do or Die', urging Indians to struggle for freedom or perish in the attempt.

5. Q5medium

   The Revolt of 1857 first broke out among the sepoys at which of the following places?

   • AMeerut
   • BDelhi
   • CKanpur
   • DJhansi
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   Correct answer: (A) Meerut

   The Revolt of 1857 began at Meerut on 10 May 1857, from where the rebel sepoys marched to Delhi and proclaimed Bahadur Shah II as emperor.

6. Q6medium

   By the Treaty of Allahabad (1765), the East India Company obtained the Diwani (right to collect revenue) of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa from which authority?

   • AThe Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II
   • BThe Nawab of Bengal Mir Jafar
   • CThe Nawab of Awadh Shuja-ud-Daulah
   • DThe Nizam of Hyderabad
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   Correct answer: (A) The Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II

   After the Battle of Buxar (1764), the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II granted the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to the Company through the Treaty of Allahabad in 1765.

7. Q7medium

   The Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn by Mahatma Gandhi in 1922 following which incident?

   • AThe Chauri Chaura incident
   • BThe Jallianwala Bagh massacre
   • CThe Chittagong armoury raid
   • DThe Kakori conspiracy
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   Correct answer: (A) The Chauri Chaura incident

   Gandhi called off the Non-Cooperation Movement after the Chauri Chaura incident of February 1922, in which a mob set fire to a police station, killing policemen.

8. Q8medium

   The first Partition of Bengal, which provoked widespread protest and the Swadeshi Movement, was carried out in 1905 under which Viceroy?

   • ALord Curzon
   • BLord Ripon
   • CLord Minto
   • DLord Hardinge
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   Correct answer: (A) Lord Curzon

   Lord Curzon ordered the Partition of Bengal in 1905; the resulting agitation and Swadeshi Movement forced its annulment in 1911.

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